Conclusion

In conclusion, the Ku Klux Klan had a very detrimental effect on the United States, especially in the 1920s. However, the statement must be made that the members of the Ku Klux Klan truly believed that they were doing the country a favor when they were ostracizing and tormenting so many African American people as well as Catholics and Jews. They had a mind set that it was most important for them to protect the United States from anyone who might put it in harm’s way. The Klan killed many people and left many others in fear, so their actions were not, and never should be, accepted or thought of as beneficial. Members of the Ku Klux Klan believed that they were right to kill and torment people of the African American race, as well as other groups such as Catholics, because the Klan believed that African Americans were detrimental to the United States.

Klansman Manual >> http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/imm_kkk/KKK%20pages/Documents/klanmanual.htm

Blog 4 Post 2

Thesis: Members of the Ku Klux Klan believed that they were right to kill and torment people of the African American race because they were lesser than white people.

Outline
1. I will talk about the history of the KKK.
2. I will talk about WHY the KKK was so prevalent during the civil rights act.
3. I will talk about specific accounts of people during the KKK...from people supporting it and people against it.
4. I will talk about what made the KKK die down.
5. I will draw conclusions about what made members of the KKK feel so entitled to treating African Americans with such disgusting actions.

Blog 4 post 1

Works Cited


Blee, Kathleen, and Amy McDowell. "The duality of spectacle and secrecy: a case study of fraternalism in the 1920s US Ku Klux Klan." Ethnic & Racial Studies 36, no. 2 (February 2013): 249-265. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed May 6, 2013). << http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=23&sid=c179b3fc-edd3-4d5b-a4b6-94690d115ef1%40sessionmgr104&hid=108

Richard, Mark Paul. "'Why Don't You Be a Klansman?' Anglo-Canadian Support for the Ku Klux Klan Movement in 1920s New England." American Review Of Canadian Studies 40, no. 4 (Winter2010 2010): 508-516. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed May 6, 2013). << http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=24&sid=c179b3fc-edd3-4d5b-a4b6-94690d115ef1%40sessionmgr104&hid=108

Sharpiro, Herbert. "The Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction: The South Carolina episode." The Journal of Negro History 49, no. 1 (January, 1964): 34-55. JSTOR (accessed May 6, 2013). << http://www.jstor.org/stable/2716475?seq=3

"The 20th Century Ku Klux Klan in America." Alabama Department of Archives and History. http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec46ps.html. Accessed May 6, 2013.


I know that the URLs are not supposed to be there for all of them, but that's so that I can easily get back to them :) I can get rid of them when I am done with the paper!

I changed my mind

I had chosen my final topic to be about FDR and The New Deal, however, I realized the sources are not what I thought they were, and there is not as much information as I had originally thought. I have decided to change my topic to the Ku Klux Klan. I changed my topic to the KKK because it is still very interesting to me and there is also more information about it. Though I know some about it already, I know that there is much more to know and learn.

New Sentence: I would be the writing about the role of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and it's involvement against the Civil Rights Movement in the earlier part of the 20th century.

Research Question: What was the reasoning behind the KKK when they were so caught up on rebelling against the Civil Rights Movement? Who did they think they were helping?

Some things I already knew about the KKK is that they wore all white and rode around on horses and burned crosses and hated African Americans. I know that many rich white people were especially apt to be a part or a leader of the KKK. I know that they were extremists and saw their view as the only right way to do things. I know that they were responsible for violence and harsh treatment. I definitely already have a mindset that they were all bad people with bad reasoning. However, while working on this blog and paper I will get rid of bias and just try to understand why they felt so strongly about going against the Civil Rights Movement.
 

Blog 3 Post 3

The topic I am choosing to write my paper about is Franklin D. Roosevelt's role in the New Deal from the 1930s.

New Sentence: I will be writing about Franklin D. Roosevelt's role in production of The New Deal during the Great Depression and the 1930s.

My research question is: How did FDR's production of the New Deal help America?

The New Deal focused on what is known as the 3 R's which stood for Relief, Recovery, and Reform. This idea came about in the midst of The Great Depression to try and make America better and make more jobs available. Some things I already knew about The New Deal mainly had to do with how it developed more jobs for people who did not have jobs. I know that one of the biggest things that it brought about was new roadways. It made travel easier when traveling in the US. Of course, the development of roads allowed for more jobs, and therefore, more money for people who were once jobless during the Great Depression. I suppose I do not have much bias, but I guess I do favor the decisions that FDR made about the New Deal. I do not think that I will have any issues writing a not biased paper.